Title :
Configuration and performance for a WDM NAM network
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
At the Communications Research Centre, in collaboration with Nortel and the National Research Council, an eight wavelength Network Access Module (NAM) is currently under development. Such devices can be deployed so as to form an optoelectronic, regenerative, broadband ring backbone network for ATM traffic. This paper reports on the impact of wavelength assignment on the number of add/drop lines required at each NAM when configured in a ring topology. Additionally, system performance in the absence of adequate media access control on the ring is examined.
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; ATM traffic; WDM NAM network; add/drop lines; configuration; eight wavelength Network Access Module; optoelectronic regenerative broadband ring backbone network; ring topology; system performance; wavelength assignment; Collaboration; Communication system traffic control; Councils; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Spine; System performance; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que., Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3891-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619130
